Road Avenger

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For the Saturn version, see Thunder Storm & Road Blaster. For the unrelated Mega Drive game, see RoadBlasters.

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    NTSC-U/PAL
  • Sega Mega-CD
    NTSC-J
  • Mega LD
    NTSC-U
  • Mega LD
    NTSC-J

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Road Avenger
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Mega LD
Publisher:
Sega Mega-CD
Renovation Products (US)
Sega Mega-CD
Sega Europe (EU)
Sega Mega-CD
Wolf Team (JP)
Mega LD
Data East[1]
Developer:
Distributor:
Sega Mega-CD
Ecofilmes (PT)
Sega Mega-CD
Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Data East
Original system(s): Arcade Boards
Developer(s) of original games: Data East, Toei Animation
Sound driver:
Mega LD
RSS[2]
Genre:
Sega Mega-CD
Racing[3]
Mega LD
Game[2]

















Number of players:
Sega Mega-CD
1
Mega LD
1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-32124
Sega Mega-CD
US 		$49.9949.99[5][6] T-6207
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		4603
Sega Mega-CD
DE 		DM 99.0099.00[12] 4603
Sega Mega-CD
FR 		4603
Sega Mega-CD
PT
Sega Mega-CD
UK 		£39.9939.99[9][7][10] 4603
Sega Mega-CD
AU
OFLC: MA15
Sega Mega-CD
BR 		062080
Mega LD
JP 		¥9,8009,800 PEASJ1033
Mega LD
US 		$119.95119.95 PEASU1033
Non-Sega versions

Road Blaster FX (ロードブラスターＦＸ), known in the United States as Road Avenger, is a full-motion video driving game developed by Wolf Team for the Sega Mega-CD. It was first published in Japan by Wolf Team in December 1992. The game is a port of the titular 1985 Data East arcade game Road Blaster, an interactive movie produced by Japanese animation studio Toei Animation.

Wolf Team later developed and published a 1995 Sega Mega LD port titled Road Blaster, known in the United States as Road Prosecutor.

Story

In the late 1990s United States, the government forms the S.C.P. (Special Car Police, known as the Special Task Operations Police (S.T.O.P.) in the North American release and the Mobile Armored Task Force (MATF) in the European releases) to combat the increased crime rate on America's open roads and highway caused by a notorious unified cabal of biker gangs known only as the RRR (known as the Secret Criminal Underground Movement (S.C.U.M.) in the North American release). One of the S.C.P.'s best operatives, nicknamed "The Demon Incarnate" ("The Road Avenger" in western releases, and given the full name of John O'Hara in the Mega-LD version), was feared by the RRR due to his impeccable driving skills and stopping their evil schemes.

After dealing with the RRR for so long, the nameless officer had fallen in love with and married a young woman (named Cindy in western Mega-CD releases). Unfortunately, the newlyweds' happiness would not last long. In an act of retaliation, the RRR began to attack the newlyweds' car, and push them off a cliff. While the SCP officer miraculously survived his injuries, the same could not be said for his wife. After recovering from his own injuries, the SCP officer upgrades his sports car into an attack vehicle and goes on a vigilante mission of vengeance, vowing to make the RRR pay for his wife's death.

Gameplay

The game sees players drive through nine stages of vehicular combat, presented in full-motion video. When presented with certain situations, players are prompted to turn left with Left, turn right with Right, accelerate with A or C, or brake with B. Failing to do so results in crashing the car and having to begin that segment of gameplay again. The player has a limited number of lives, and the game ends if the player runs out of lives.

There are two selectable difficulty levels (Normal and Hard). On both difficulty levels, tones sound to indicate the correct action. When playing on Normal, arrows and "Turbo" or "Brake" notices additionally appear on screen.

Stages

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Stage 1

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Stage 2

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Stage 3

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Stage 4

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Stage 5

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Stage 6

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Stage 7

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Stage 8

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Stage 9

History

The original arcade game runs on LaserDisc-based hardware and is a full-motion video based game consisting of quick-time events. At the time, no home systems could run Road Blaster without external hardware; while X1 and MSX ports arrived in Japan in 1986, they required an external VHD player to function. Soon, the newly-invented compact disc began to integrate itself further into home electronics, and with the advent of CD-based video game systems like the Sega Mega-CD, Road Blaster was able to be brought to the mass market.

Road Blaster's arcade release employs an analog stick which measures turning speed. In the home versions, this feature is removed due to the digital nature of D-pads.

Legacy

The game was bundled with Cobra Command in the Sega Saturn game Thunder Storm & Road Blaster. It was later ported to iOS by G-Mode, the company that bought Data East's intellectual property after its bankruptcy.

Versions

Mega-CD version

The Sega Mega-CD version features an exclusive introductory theme song composed and performed by Japanese band J-Walk. Originally recorded in Japanese, the band later performed the entire song in English for the game's Western release.

Mega LD version

The Sega Mega LD version features the original arcade soundtrack encoded in Roland Corporation's RSS spatial audio technology.

Localised names

Mega-CD version

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Road Avenger Road Avenger
English (US) Road Avenger Road Avenger
Japanese ロードブラスターＦＸ Road Blaster FX

Mega LD version

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Road Prosecutor Road Prosecutor
Japanese ロードブラスター Road Blaster

Production credits

Mega-CD version

  • Producer: J.Asanuma, M.Uno
  • Director: K.Yokoh
  • Planner: T.Kohno
  • Main Programmer: S.Hirachi
  • Mega‑CD Programmer: C.Tokuhiro
  • Visual Programmer: N.Taira
  • Scan System Programmer: S.Kawabata
  • Visual Director: N.Kanuma, K.Tajima, M.Matsushita
  • Visual Supervisor: T.Hamada
  • Graphics Supporter: M.Baba, T.Dohmoto, K.Furukawa, H.Kamiya, T.Koura, K.Machizaki, S.Baba, T.Endoh, H.Kaizuka, A.Koiwa, H.Matsuo, S.Naitoh
  • Graphics Supporter: M.Nemoto, K.Saitoh, K.Shinoda, M.Takeishi, H.Tsukamoto, T.Uematsu, T.Wada, R.Ohsuga, H.Shindoh, H.Takahashi, K.Tanaka, M.Tsuruno, T.Wabiko, Y.Yamanaka
  • Opening Theme: J-Walk
  • BGM Composer: M.Sakuraba
BGM Recording
  • Composition: N.Nakamura
  • Co.all&Play: H.Mizuno
  • Manipulator: H.Shimahara
  • Musician Coordinate: T.Satoh
  • Recording Engineer: S.Yoshii
  • Assistant Engineer: Y.Oshima
  • Recording Director: H.Yamaguchi
  • Recording Studio: West Side
Binaural Sounds Recording
  • Narration by: S.Herman
  • MA Engineer: T.Uemura
  • MA Assistant Engineer: M.Otsubo
  • MA Director: N.Matsumoto
  • 3D Engineer: F.Tsutsumi
  • 3D Director: T. Kobayashi
  • 3D Producer: T.Shigeta
  • MA Studio: Avaco Creative Studio
  • Sound Producer: K.Senzaki
  • Sound Effect: S.Tamura, R.Furuya
  • Public Relations: E.Kobayashi, A.Shiratori, T.Murakami


  • Thanks: K.Goto, Y.Arai, T.Ikeda, I.Kadowaki, T.Tezuka, H.Hashimoto, N.Watabe, H.Nina
  • Approval Support: BOSE, Sonatec
  • Special Thanks: K.Fukushima
  • Executive Producer: M.Akishino
  • Licensed by: Data East Corp.
  • All Produced by: Wolf Team
Source:
In-game credits (JP)
RoadAvenger MCD JP SSEnding.pdf
[13]

Magazine articles

Main article: Road Avenger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

RoadAvenger SCES1993 MCD US Flyer.jpg
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FI advert (1993)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)
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Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[16]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[17]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
47
[18]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
64
[19]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
71
[20]
Dragon (US)
80
[21]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
86
[22]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
73
[23]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
84
[24]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[25]
GameFan (US)
96
[26]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
98
[27]
Gamers (DE)
27
[28]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
80
[29]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
70
[30]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
85
[31]
Joypad (FR)
81
[32]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
70
[33]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
70
[34]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
77
[35]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
86
[36]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
72
[37]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
67
[38]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[39]
Player One (FR)
80
[40]
Sega Magazin (DE)
71
[12]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
62
[41]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
81
[42]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
81
[43]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
80
[44]
Sega Force (UK) NTSC-J
81
[45]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
84
[46]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[47]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
75
[48]
Supergame (BR)
85
[49]
Todo Sega (ES)
90
[50]
Sega Mega-CD
 75
Based on
36 reviews

Road Avenger

Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
ROADBLASTERFX MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
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Disc
Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc
Roadavenger mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
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Cover
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Spinecard
RoadAvenger MCD EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Road Avenger MCD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, PT
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Road Avenger MCD EU Manual.pdf
EU Manual
Mega-CD, AU

Mega-CD, BR
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Cover
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Disc
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Jewel Case

Mega LD version

Mega LD, JP
Road Blaster MegaLD JP Top.jpg
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Road Blaster MegaLD JP RegCard.PDF
Reg Card
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Obi
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Front+Obi
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Mega LD, JP (Sample)
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Cover
Mega LD, JP (Unknown demo/test/beta disc)
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Cover
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Disc
Mega LD, US
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Road Prosecutor MegaLD US Spine.jpg
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
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Obi
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Front+Obi

Technical information

Main article: Road Avenger/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ https://laseractive.wordpress.com/laseractive-release-database/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LA Express, "Vol. 14" (JP; 1996-02), page 4
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
  4. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/oat-Sqf845w/m/5FVu6_NKLywJ
  5. ↑ GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 57
  6. ↑ File:RoadAvenger SCES1993 MCD US Flyer.jpg
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 MegaTech, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 29
  8. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 18
  9. ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 53
  10. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 51
  11. ↑ Select Round, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 24
  13. ↑ File:RoadAvenger_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  14. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 149
  15. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 215
  16. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190
  17. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 32
  18. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 74
  19. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 52
  20. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-15), page 109
  21. ↑ Dragon, "Vol. XVIII, No. 2: July 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
  22. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1993" (US; 1993-05-11), page 84
  23. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 28
  24. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 123
  25. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-12-25" (JP; 1992-12-11), page 1
  26. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
  27. ↑ GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 56
  28. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 73
  29. ↑ Game Informer, "March/April 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
  30. ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-04), page 84
  31. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 108
  32. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 79
  33. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  34. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  35. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-xx), page 59
  36. ↑ Mega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 40
  37. ↑ Mega Fun, "02/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 40
  38. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 41
  39. ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-xx), page 108
  40. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 57
  41. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 32
  42. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 30
  43. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  44. ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 52
  45. ↑ Sega Force, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-04), page 68
  46. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 125
  47. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  48. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "29th May 1993" (UK; 1993-05-29), page 10
  49. ↑ Supergame, "Abril 1993" (BR; 1993-04-xx), page 22
  50. ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 56


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